by Bobby Knight | May 10, 2016 | Blog
Ohio State RegionalStickney Tennis Center (Varsity Courts) – Columbus, OH[5] Ohio State Buckeyes (30-2) vs. [49-64] Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles (15-6) – Saturday 1pm ET – Ohio State earned the Big Ten’s automatic berth after defeating Illinois in the finals of the conference tournament while Tennessee Tech earned the Ohio Valley’s automatic berth after knocking off Eastern Kentucky in the finals. TTU will be playing without its No. 2 singles player, Alex Arovin, who was defaulted in the finals of the conference tournament so I’m guessing whatever he did must have carried at least a two-match suspension...
by Bobby Knight | May 9, 2016 | Blog
Florida RegionalAlfred A. Ring Tennis Complex (Linder Stadium) – Gainesville, FL[9] Florida Gators (18-6) vs. [49-64] North Florida Ospreys (11-11) – Saturday Noon ET – The Florida regional is the only regional that had all four teams get in after winning their conference tournament. Florida got the SEC’s automatic bid after beating Georgia in the finals of the SEC Tournament while North Florida earned its first-ever NCAA berth after defeating USC-Upstate in the finals of the Atlantic Sun Tournament. Florida has won the doubles point nine straight times (7 of 9 opponents ranked inside top 50) and in fact they’ve...
by Bobby Knight | May 8, 2016 | Blog
Virginia RegionalSnyder Tennis Center – Charlottesville, VA[1] Virginia (24-4) vs. [49-64] Monmouth (11-9) – Saturday Noon ET – Virginia is the No. 1 overall seed though it got in as an at-large after losing to Wake Forest in the finals of the ACC Championship. Monmouth earned its first-ever NCAA Tournament berth after coming back from 3-0 down to beat Quinnipiac in the finals of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC). Doubles Records: Virginia 24-4, Monmouth 11-8UTR Starting 6 Power Rating: Virginia 86, Monmouth 72FYI, the number beside the player’s school is the player’s Universal Tennis...
by Bobby Knight | May 7, 2016 | Blog
There will be 31 automatic bids handed out on the men’s side for the upcoming NCAA Championships with the winners of the below conferences each getting 1 of those 31. The list of winners will be at the very bottom of this page.2015 Conference Tournament CentralHow is seeding done at most conferences?There are some conferences that play a round robin format during the regular season and some that do not. The ones that do not play a full round robin format usually seed the conference tournament based off the most recent ITA rankings. The next thing you’re probably wondering is what if there aren’t any teams ranked in the ITA top 75 – then...
by Bobby Knight | May 6, 2016 | Blog
The final set of rankings that was used to determine the NCAA field for both teams and individuals was released on Thursday. There weren’t many differences from what I projected on Monday with the men’s at-large cut-off falling at No. 42 while the women’s at-large cut-off was No. 43. The Alabama men missed the field by .08 while the Fresno State women missed the field .23.The men’s singles at-large cut-off was No. 56 since there were eight automatic qualifiers that were ranked below that number. No. 57 Strong Kirchheimer is listed as the first alternate though past experience tells us that at least three or four alternates (if not...
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